Jeffersonville high school student accused of molesting young girls pleads not guilty

Jeffersonville high school student accused of molesting young girls pleads not guilty

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Updated: 5:56 PM EDT Oct 23, 2017

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WEBVTT STATUS COULD CHANGE>> ANYTHING ABOUT THE CHARGES?CHRISTINA: MICHAEL BEGIN, JR.,WALKED INTO CLARK COUNTY COURTMONDAY SURROUNDED BY FAMILY ANDHIS ATTORNEY.THE 18-YEAR-OLD FACES TWO FELONYMOLESTATION CHARGES.AND PROSECUTORS SAY HE'S ABOUTTO FACE MORE.>> HOWEVER I'VE BEEN IN CONTACT, WITH THE JEFFERSONVILLE POLICEDEPARTMENT TODAY AND I'M AWAREOF MULTIPLE OTHER VICTIMS.CHRISTINA: ACCORDING TO COURTDOCUMENTS, LAST TUESDAY BEGIMOLESTED TWO 6-YEAR-OLD GIRLS ATTHOMAS JEFFERSON ELEMENTARBEGIN WAS IN A STUDENT-TEACHERCADET PROGRAM THROUGHJEFFERSONVILLE HIGH SCHOOL.A DETECTIVE WHO INTERVIEWEDBEGIN SAYS THE SUSPECT CLAIMHE HAD MADE AN ERROR INJUDGMENT.WE'VE ALSO LEARNED THE SUSPECTWAS FIRED FROM THE CLARK COUNTYYMCA AFTER AN ALLEGED INCIDENTINVOLVING A CHILD THERE.>> I'M AWARE OF AT LEAST ONECASE THAT OCCURRED AT THE YMCA,AND I'M AWARE OF ADDITIONALOTHER CASES THAT OCCURRED AT THEELEMENTARY SCHOOL. CHRISTINA: DESPITE THEPROSECUTION'S MOTION TO RAISEBOND, A JUDGE KEPT BEGIN'S BONDAT $10,000 CASH, WHICH HISFAMILY HAS ALREADY PAID.HE'LL NOW BE ON ELECTRONICMONITORING.>> IT'S MY POSITION ASPROSECUTOR THAT WHILE HE'S UNDERHOUSE ARREST, IT'S NOTAPPROPRIATE THAT HE HAVE ACONTACT WITH CHILDREN.IN FACT HE OUGHT TO BE CONFINEDTO THAT HOME AND NOT LEAVE. CHRISTINA: HE IS FACING TWOLEVEL-FOUR FELONY CHARGES, WHICHEACH CARRY TWO TO 12 YEARS INPRISON AS A PENALTY.

Jeffersonville high school student accused of molesting young girls pleads not guilty

A Jeffersonville high school student charged with felony child molestation pleaded not guilty in court Monday afternoon.

Police said Michael Begin Jr., 18, molested two 6-year-old girls last week while he was in a student teacher program at Thomas Jefferson Elementary. Despite a motion from prosecutors to raise Begin's bond, a judge kept his bail at $10,000 cash, which his family has already paid.